[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 62 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CELEBRATING DR. GLENDA GLOVER ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT

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                          HON. NIKEMA WILLIAMS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 11, 2024

  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
service of Dr. Glenda Glover, Ph.D , JD, CPA, as President of Tennessee 
State University upon the celebration of her retirement following this 
academic year. After 11 years of service successfully leading her alma 
mater, Dr. Glover will turn her voice to a national platform, and all 
Americans will be better off for the privilege of Dr. Glover's voice 
playing a greater role in our country.
  Dr. Glover was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of a civil 
rights activist and raised in the Civil Rights Movement. She graduated 
from Tennessee State University, an illustrious Historically Black 
College and University, before getting her MBA at another incomparable 
HBCU, Clark Atlanta University, proving that, truly, Atlanta Influences 
Everything. Not yet satisfied, she moved to Washington, D.C. and 
obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from George Washington University and a 
law degree from Georgetown University.
  Professionally, Dr. Glover is a star. She spearheaded the creation of 
the country's first HBCU-based Ph.D program in business at Jackson 
State University, and chaired the Department of Accounting at Howard 
University's School of Business. She has been a leader in the private 
sector, and has served as the President of her beloved alma mater since 
2013. Dr. Glover is not just the President either: she was the Thurgood 
Marshall College Fund's HBCU President of the Year in 2018, and HBCU 
Digest's 2019 Female President of the Year.
  During her time as President, Dr. Glover has elevated the brand, the 
reputation, and the legacy of TSU, put TSU on a national platform, and 
attracted a broader array of students than ever before, including the 
Fall 2022 largest freshman enrollment among HBCUs. She has more than 
doubled TSU's endowment and more than doubled research grant funding 
received. She has tripled the number of employers recruiting TSU 
students, and made TSU a more competitive place to work. She 
established new degree programs and raised TSU into the R2-high 
research category, one of only 11 HBCUs in that level, with a plan to 
move up to R1. TSU became the first HBCU to establish a national 
technology and innovation center, and the first student-operated 
physical therapy and occupational therapy clinic. They have the No. 1 
HBCU forensic and debate champions three years running, and their 
marching band became the first collegiate marching band to win a 
Grammy.
  I am a proud third generation HBCU grad, and I know first-hand what 
HBCUs mean for economic mobility for the Black Community. And so does 
Dr. Glover She is the Vice-Chair of President Biden's HBCU Initiative, 
and has been out loud and on purpose demanding that our illustrious 
HBCUs get the funding they so deeply deserve, including playing a 
leading role in the record $2.7 billion investment in HBCUs in the 
American Rescue Plan and holding Tennessee accountable for long-term 
underpayment.
  Congratulations to Dr. Glover on her well-deserved retirement. The 
Tennessee State University community is so privileged to have had her 
at their helm for the last 11 years, as is the entire HBCU community. I 
know that Dr. Glover's next chapter will have her remaining as one of 
our country's foremost Conspirators for Justice. I look forward to 
joining her wherever that fight may be.

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